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Today's News

  • Honor Flight Focus Of Sunday Program

       I’ve stated previously in this column that one of the greatest privileges I’ve had during my time as editor of The Opinion-Tribune was accompanying World War II veterans from southwest Iowa to Washington, D.C., in September 2008, on the inaugural Western Iowa Honor Flight.

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  • Green Light For East Mills

        By a margin of nearly 6-to-1, voters in the Malvern and Nishna Valley Community School Districts approved a reorganization plan that will have the two districts merging as the East Mills School District next July.

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  • Winery Coming To Glenwood

    If you’re going to open a winery in Glenwood, it seems appropriate to locate on Vine Street.

        That’s exactly what Jim Gapinski, Ralph Ahsam, Doug Grave and Dennis Adams are doing. Next spring, the four entrepreneurs plan to open the Vine Street Cellars winery in  the former Anderson Auto Parts building at 17 N. Vine St.

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  • Glen Have Evacuation

        An odor caused by a light fixture that had overheated forced the evacuation of the Glen Haven nursing home Friday morning.

        More than 50 residents were in the two-story structure when the evacuation was ordered around 9:30 a.m.
        Chilled residents were wrapped in blankets as they were promptly moved to the front parking lot and an adjacent courtyard area. Temperatures were above freezing when the evacuation took place.

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  • East Mills can’t find touch in Corner Conference loss to Sidney

        The East Mills girls basketball team had no answer for Aimee Osborne and the Sidney outside shooting in a 55-22 loss on Friday.

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  • Late bucket lifts Creston over Glenwood, 57-55

        Luke Eblen’s layup with :02 left completed a comeback from down 16 points for Creston in a 57-55 victory over the Glenwood boys basketball team on Friday.

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  • Cold shooting dooms East Mills in 36-34 loss

        The East Mills boys basketball team couldn't overcome its cold shooting in a 36-34 loss to Sidney in Corner Conference tilt on Friday.

        The Wolverines connected on just 13-of-43 shots (32.5 percent) and were out rebounded 26-19.
        Luke Schafer led all scorers with 17 points to lead East Mills. Colden Hillyer added six points and five rebounds.

    East Mills 60,
    Essex 28

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  • Ram second-quarter run tames Panthers

        The Glenwood girls used a 19-1 second quarter run to take a 31-8 halftime lead into a 57-37 rout of Creston in Hawkeye 10 Conference action on Friday.
     

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  • Glenwood fifth at WDM Valley tourney

        Glenwood placed fifth at the West Des Moines Valley Invitational on Saturday.
        The host Tigers took home the team title with 251.5 points. Indianola was second with 210. The Rams’ 135 points were four points behind fourth place Winterset.

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  • Grant is ‘shot in the arm’ for Humane Society

        The Lied Foundation Trust has awarded the Loess Hills Humane Society a grant of $100,000 to help with expenses and to complete several construction projects at the two year-old animal shelter south of Glenwood.

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